Could Orezone Gold’s (TSX:ORE) New Hard Rock Plant Redefine Its Long-Term Cost Advantage?

• Orezone Gold has reported past shallow, high-grade drill results from the P17 Zone at its Bomboré mine and progressed commissioning of its new hard rock plant, with first gold production from this plant now moving closer.
• The confirmation of near-surface, high-grade ore at P17 ahead of hard rock processing provides potentially higher-margin mill feed that could materially influence Bomboré’s long-term production mix and cost profile.
• We’ll now examine how the new hard rock plant commissioning and upcoming P17 ore feed might reshape Orezone Gold’s investment narrative.

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Orezone Gold Investment Narrative Recap

To own Orezone Gold, you need to believe Bomboré can keep growing production and cash flow while managing single-asset and Burkina Faso risk. The key near term catalyst is a smooth ramp up of the new hard rock plant, and the latest shallow, high grade P17 results appear to support that outcome rather than change it. The biggest current risk remains execution and cost control as Orezone scales hard rock capacity in a challenging operating jurisdiction.

Among recent announcements, the update that Bomboré’s stage 1 hard rock plant is being commissioned, with P17 expected to be a primary mill feed source in 2026, ties most directly to this news. The combination of plant start up and shallow, high grade P17 ore is central to the production growth story, but it also concentrates ramp up, power reliability, and cost inflation risk into the same period when expectations are highest.

Yet behind this production growth story, there is still the question of Bomboré’s single asset exposure that investors should be aware of...

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Orezone Gold's narrative projects $949.4 million revenue and $421.3 million earnings by 2028. This requires 41.1% yearly revenue growth and about a $354.3 million earnings increase from $67.0 million today.

Uncover how Orezone Gold's forecasts yield a CA$2.42 fair value, a 47% upside to its current price.

Exploring Other Perspectives

Nine Simply Wall St Community fair value estimates for Orezone span from CA$0.73 to CA$103.66, underlining how differently individual investors view the same business. Set this wide range against the looming hard rock ramp up risk and you can see why it pays to weigh several perspectives before forming your own view.

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